Kristen Villebrun and Wendy Bush hoped they wouldn't have to pray for Chedoke Creek, but four years after they first raised alarm about the water's condition, they were part of an Indigenous full moon ceremony to do just that. About 50 people showed up near Princess Point on the dark and frigid Monday evening for the monthly ceremony, which was particularly special as it focused on Chedoke Creek. The body of water that runs into Cootes Paradise had about 24 billion litres of sewage and storm water runoff leak into it due to a gate being left open.
A unique project in Calgary has successfully transformed treated wastewater into the amber brew many Canadians enjoy. The University of Calgary’s Advancing Canadian Water Assets (ACWA) recently partnered with Village Brewery and Xylem Inc., an American water technology company, to produce Alberta’s first beer made with reused water. Village Brewery made a limited batch of Village Blonde Natural Golden Ale using wastewater provided by ACWA.
